On Thu, 18 May 2017, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> 
> From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <[email protected]>
> 
> As stack tracing now requires "rcu watching", force RCU to be watching when
> recording a stack trace.
> 
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> 
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <[email protected]>
> ---
> 
> Changes since v1:
> 
>    My testing discovered that the stack trace can be called with
>    interrupts enabled, which is a no no to have when calling
>    rcu_irq_enter(). When interrupts are enabled, as with being in an
>    NMI, RCU will also be watching.

Would rcu_irq_enter_irqson() help then? This is what Petr used in a live 
patching handler.

Your solution works too, of course. Just asking if I am not missing 
something.

Thanks,
Miroslav

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